Testament of Orpheus (1960)
Le Testament d'Orphée
An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.
- Date of release
- 1960-02-18
- TMDB
- 7.6 / 10 (136)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Fantasy
- Director
- Jean Cocteau
- Collection
- The Orphic Trilogy
Casting
- Jean Cocteau — Le poète
- Édouard Dermithe — Cégeste(non crédité)
- Henri Crémieux — Le professeur(non crédité)
- François Périer — Heurtebise(non crédité)
- Claudine Auger — Minerve (non crédité)
- Françoise Arnoul — Elle-même (non crédité)
- Lucia Bosè — Une amie d'Orphée(non crédité)
- Charles Aznavour — Le Curieux(non crédité)
- Brigitte Bardot — Elle-même (non crédité)
- Jean Marais — Oedipe
- Daniel Gélin — L'interne (non crédité)
- Françoise Christophe — L'infirmière (non crédité)
Interesting facts
Testament of Orpheus is a 1960 black-and-white film with a few seconds of color film spliced into it. Directed by and starring Jean Cocteau, who plays himself as an 18th-century poet, the film includes cameo appearances by Pablo Picasso, Jean Marais, Charles Aznavour, Jean-Pierre Leaud, and Yul Brynner. It is considered the final part of The Orphic Trilogy, following The Blood of a Poet (1930) and Orphée (1950).
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